Golf Australia

Each month, Golf Australia showcases great Australian courses and golfing holidays, profiles players and conducts road tests of the latest equipment. Leading PGA professional share instruction tips to improve your game and keep your handicap tumbling.

“… BADDS SHOULD COME HOME THIS SUMMER … PROVE HE CAN WIN AGAIN.”

Golf Australia

TURA BEACH COUNTRY CLUB • It is a tick over 40 years since design duo Peter Thomson and Mike Wolveridge revealed their plan for Australia’s first purpose-built golf course in a housing development. It paved the way for many more, and today Tura Beach is looking better than ever.

“… PLAYERS KNOW FULL WELL THE BIG MONEY FROM A MAJOR VICTORY IS NOT THE CHEQUE THEY RECEIVE …”

SUMMER OF GOLF HEATING UP

SYLVIA DONOHOE

‘WORKING WITH TIGER WOODS WAS LIKE LIFE WITH SEVE BALLESTEROS ON SPEED’ • Legendary bag man Billy Foster lifts the lid on working alongside the game’s icons – and explains how spreadsheets are fuelling Matt Fitzpatrick’s quest for more majors

‘THERE WAS NOBODY LIKE SEVE’

HOT & NOT

THE FOUNDERS (2016)

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE RULES OF GOLF? • Put your golf knowledge to the test by taking our rules quiz

FLASHBACK • AUGUST 18, 2013

“THE LIVES OF WYNDHAM CLARK AND BRIAN HARMAN ARE ABOUT TO GET A BIT MORE COMPLICATED …”

SHIFTING SANDS • One of the strongest European teams to ever contest the Solheim Cup will attempt to claim its first hat-trick of victories in the matches this month, and continue to chip away at America’s once dominating stature in the event.

FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF 5 PAIRS OF BIOM HYBRID 4 SHOES • from ECCO GOLF!

THREW THE BOOK AT ‘EM • 20 OF GOLF’S MOST COSTLY RULES BLUNDERS

500 COURSES, 365 DAYS, ONE GOLFER AND ONE RV • Patrick Koenig is attempting something no other golfer has ever done before. And he’s gone to extreme lengths to make sure as many golfers as possible can be part of his world record attempt …

FIX YOUR 7 DEADLY SWING FAULTS • Fast fixes for golf’s seven most common swing faults – the ones you may have developed during winter!

ROLLING THE CLUBSHAFT

HITTING TOO HARD

STARTING DOWN WITH THE UPPER BODY

FALLING BACK THROUGH THE STRIKE

ARMS-ONLY BACKSWING

SUBSCRIBE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO Win • A JAMIE OLIVER FOUR PIECE KITCHEN KNIFE SET BY TEFAL!

BOTTOMING OUT EARLY

SLICING ACROSS THE BALL

TREAT THICK GRASS LIKE SAND

THE ART OF THE SPLASH

MIMICKING COMPETITIVE PRESSURE ON THE GREENS

PUNCHING OUT OF TROUBLE

THE PERFECT PRE-ROUND ROUTINE

THE GREAT GOLF WEEKEND GUIDE PART 1 • There’s only one thing better than the weekend and that’s a long weekend. Two-day weekends are way too short, which is why we have put our heads together to recommend 16 great three-day golfing adventures with plenty of highlights on and off the course.

BARNBOUGLE, TASMANIA

MORNINGTON PENINSULA, VICTORIA

HUNTER VALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES

FLEURIEU PENINSULA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

BELLARINE PENINSULA, VICTORIA

YARRA VALLEY, VICTORIA

SUNSHINE COAST, QUEENSLAND

SOUTH COAST, NEW SOUTH WALES

SWINGING THROUGH FRANCE

STAY & PLAY ACROSS THE BAY

WARRNAMBOOL GC

Palm Meadows • GOLD COAST • QUEENSLAND

CUSTOM MADE FOR WOMEN

AFFORDABLE DRIVING

COPY THE CHAMPIONS

ONE BALL, VARIED PERFORMANCE

HIGH QUALITY SERVICE & PRODUCTS

TITLEIST T-SERIES IRONS

THERABODY THERACUP

“…A MORE ENGAGING AND POTENTIALLY LUCRATIVE CONCEPT HAS NOTHING BUT UPSIDE.”